Pig suspended for roughing up 14-year old

[Squatch]

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BALTIMORE (AP) - A police officer shown on a YouTube video berating and roughly handling a skateboarder at the Inner Harbor was suspended on Monday.

The incident involving Officer Salvatore Rivieri, a 17-year-old veteran, is the subject of an internal affairs investigation, said Sterling Clifford, a spokesman for the Baltimore Police Department and the mayor's office

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At one point on the video, Rivieri said, "Obviously, your parents don't put a foot in your butt quite enough, because you don't understand the meaning of respect. First of all, you better learn how to speak. I'm not 'man.' I'm not 'dude,' I am Officer Rivieri."

Rivieri told The Sun on Sunday that he did not know that the incident had been recorded or posted on the Internet. He acknowledged having encounters with skateboarders at the Inner Harbor, where skateboarding is banned, last summer, and told a reporter that he would watch the video on YouTube.

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Note: No disrespect intended to police officers, in general...just this power-tripping thug.

[Snarkturian Clone]

1. here it comes!

:popcorn:

[Pab Sungenis]

2. "Pig" is an uncalled for slur.

Just because this one officer allegedly behaved like one does not mean it's an acceptable way to refer to all police officers.

[Squatch]

3. Note my clarification.

And, even before I added my clarification, there is no way a reasonable person would construe my OP as slurring "all police officers"

[Junkdrawer]

4. Check the OP footnote:

"Note: No disrespect intended to police officers, in general...just this power-tripping thug."

[Junkdrawer]

6. Self delete - posted wrong spot

[Clovis Sangrail]

10. err

the only time the used the term 'pig' was in directly referring to THAT individual...
which seems appropriate

[ET Awful]

5. "The sooner you learn that, the longer you'll live in this world"?????

Sounds like he was threatening some pretty severe bodily harm to the kid to me.

[Junkdrawer]

7. Betcha he doesn't use that 'tude with 6'2" 250 lb jay walkers. n/t

[Clovis Sangrail]

8. lol

at the very end you hear the cop say "you got that camera on? cause if I find myself on...."

stupid fuckin' cop
:rofl:

I hope everybody in his neighborhood, and all the parents from his kids' school, and all of his wife's friends see this.
sure... some of them will think he was in the right, but the majority will see him for the prick he is.

[HelenWheels]

9. What an asshole, these are the guys that give cops a bad name

Overweight and out of shape so he has to be a "man" by terrorizing a fourteen year old boy. He should be fired. He's screaming at the kid and demanding respect when he's already made it clear that he doesn't deserve any.

Unfortunately, too many cops these days are on power trips but the "good" cops are responsible because they choose to look the other way.